--- title: When an infant he had been placed in the care of one of the court la… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: When an infant he had been placed in the care of one of the court ladies, who afterward became his governess, and between them existed a great affection, which was shared equally by the lady’s daughter Zaïda. Who acts: court ladies, ladies, daughter. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (court ladies, ladies, daughter), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:19:5 # text = When an infant he had been placed in the care of one of the court ladies, who afterward became his governess, and between them existed a great affection, which was shared equally by the lady’s daughter Zaïda. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 infant infant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 afterward afterward ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 governess governess NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 between between ADP IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 existed exist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 affection affection NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 shared share VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 equally equally ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 Zaïda Zaïda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past · perfect · passive | | a infant | | the care of one of the court ladies | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in care=Destination | | 2 | **become** | past | the court ladies | infant's governess | | | | afterward *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **exist** | past | ladies *= lady* | a great affection | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **share** | past · passive | the lady's daughter | a great affection | | | | equally *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/19/)